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Deer
Cervidae (family)
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Varies
- Species
- Varies
Ecology
Habitat: Forests, grasslands and wetlands
Diet: Herbivore
Behaviour: Mostly crepuscular; many species live in herds and males grow antlers seasonally.
Conservation: Species-dependent
About & Interesting Facts
Deer are hoofed ruminant mammals in the family Cervidae. Males of most species grow and shed antlers each year.
- Antlers are bone and are shed and regrown annually.
- Deer are ruminants with a four-chambered stomach.